What does 🔪 Kitchen Knife mean?
A kitchen knife, usually drawn as a chef’s knife. It covers cooking, chopping, sharpening and chef life, including Japanese kitchen knives known as hōchō. It also has a darker use as a joking threat, a horror movie reference or a dramatic reaction to bad news. Context decides whether it means dinner prep or exaggerated menace.
🔪 Kitchen Knife is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (dishware & utensils), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about chef, cooking, hocho, tool and weapon.
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🔪 Kitchen Knife on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Kitchen Knife looks on each platform.
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Kitchen Knife emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Kitchen Knife emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🔪 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :hocho:.
When was the Kitchen Knife emoji added?
🔪 Kitchen Knife was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🔪 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Kitchen Knife. The underlying code (U+1F52A) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.